Leading Team

Get to know the people behind E8 Partners.

Erik Roussel

Managing Partner

Erik started his career in the cleantech industry in 2007, developing new thematic funds for BeCitizen, one of the subsidies of Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild. Tech passionate, he started directing some private equity investments for the count of SGFC - his family office based in Nyon.
Since then he has been involved in several private equity transactions and has diversified his investments in the cryptocurrency space. Erik holds a BBA and MBA in Finance and resides as board member of Zeno Ventures, SGFC-Family Office, Hedge Partners LLC and the Swiss Prop-tech Association.

Jean-Étienne Durand

Managing Partner

Jean-Etienne is a founding member of the Swiss Blockchain Association and the managing partner of E8 Partners a leading consulting firm in asset tokenisation with different expertises: strategy, legal, marketing and tech. As an advisor and mentor, he focuses on creating synergies and building successful new DLT services, among others, on existing solutions. He is an innovator, executive leader, and product & engineering expert with 18 years of experience, but above all a Blockchain Enthusiast. Jean-Étienne hold a master’s degree in programming from the École Nationale supérieure des Mines of Saint Étienne (Fr).

Roland Venesz

Head of Technology

Roland has been active as a software engineer since 2002. He was involved in the development and deployment of several high-profile projects - publishing/newsroom platforms and massive online campaigns - before co-founding an e-health focused development company in Bordeaux.
During the last decade and a half he has gained deep knowledge and experience in designing distributed, fault-tolerant and scalable service architectures. Blockchain technology has been his passion since 2013, today he is the technical leader of HedgeBlock, a tokenisation consulting firm.

Meet us

Check out our event for the next months

Hosted in an exclusive brunch setting in Davos, the E8 event will confront head-on the worries and the hopes of finance today. The focus will be on next-generation asset classes in the digital economy.

The 5th annual LSX World Congress is the new name for the Biotech and Money / Medtech and Money World Congress. The name may have changed, but it retains its core offering for the C-suite of the global life science industry.

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